Armando announced today on LinkedIn that tomorrow will be the launch of their eCPPT Gold Certification. eLearnSecurity Subscribers can expect an e-mail in their Inbox tomorrow. More information still to come and will be posted here by myself, Armando, or another EH.NET member.

Once valid credentials have been provided for the certification platform, the candidate will be able to perform the tests from the comfort of their home or office. An Internet connection and VPN software is necessary to carry out the exam

I have seen this set up somewhere else...

eLearnSecurity's eCPPT Gold is the only certification for Penetration testers that evaluates your abilities at attacking your target and providing thorough professional documentation and recommendation.

Come on! Offensive Security has been doing it for years now...

I think this is a very good thing that eCPPT is migrating to this exam set up. However, they really are copying OS idea, so they shouldn't act as if they are the only one doing it...

"All ECPPT Silver professionals and ALL students with a valid Silver voucher (non expired, not failed in their last attempt) will be given a FREE Gold voucher. (commercial value of the voucher : $400)" Armando mentioned on LinkedIn.

Once valid credentials have been provided for the certification platform, the candidate will be able to perform the tests from the comfort of their home or office. An Internet connection and VPN software is necessary to carry out the exam

I have seen this set up somewhere else...

Yep. Ferrari's have 4 wheels. I've seen that somewhere else...

H1t M0nk3y wrote:

eLearnSecurity's eCPPT Gold is the only certification for Penetration testers that evaluates your abilities at attacking your target and providing thorough professional documentation and recommendation.

Come on! Offensive Security has been doing it for years now...

I think this is a very good thing that eCPPT is migrating to this exam set up. However, they really are copying OS idea, so they shouldn't act as if they are the only one doing it...

We are the only one doing a real *pentest* as exam. If you don't get the difference between pentest and hacking, try smarter (harder was trademarked).

Last edited by Armando on Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.

@Armando: I have obviously offended you and I appologize for this. I re-read my post and it was indeed quite insulting. So I am sorry about this.

I think you are doing a great job on your end and I am seriously considering practicing in your lab. As you know, both Offensive Security and eLearnSecurity are receiving good comments on this site. I just felt you were not the only one doing this...

We are the only one doing a real *pentest* as exam. If you don't get the difference between pentest and hacking, try smarter (harder was trademarked).

So, could you elaborate more on the differences between the two?

Thanks and again, sorry about that, my post was really insulting for you...

Hope this message finds you well! I was checking the gold cert and it says that the engagement will include web apps to be tested (I imagine both manually and with other tools or Nessus) - My question is Do you recommend getting back to Coliseum and Hack.me to practice or Hera will provide the full experience of what I should encounter during the test?